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[Android] Accessing your application files from Android Studio

While learning to play with SQLite databases in Android, I wanted to check the .db file generated by my code in the emulator. I was unable to find it directly with the built-in Files application because it doesn't let us see system folders.

Fortunately, Android Studio 3+ comes with the Device File Explorer, which allows us to browse system files and access the root data folder. To open it, go to View > Tool Windows > Device File Explorer. My application data was stored in /data/data/.

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